How to translate Elementor Theme Builder footer with WPML?

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Last updated by Christopher Amirian 6 days, 11 hours ago.

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April 13, 2026 at 8:58 pm #17967024
thiboD	Hello, I’m using Elementor and created my footer with the Theme Builder. However, I can’t translate the footer with WPML and it keeps showing only in the default language. Could you please explain how I can correctly translate an Elementor Theme Builder footer using WPML? Thank you in advance! Kind regards
April 14, 2026 at 6:17 am #17967478
Dražen Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hello, Thanks for contacting us. While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly. Simply go to WPML → Translation Dashboard, select the content you want to translate, choose a translation method, and click Translate. Please check related documentation for more info: - https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/elementor/ Let us know how it goes. Regards, Drazen
April 14, 2026 at 8:20 am #17967730
thiboD	Hi, I noticed that my Elementor templates (for example the footer) are not visible inside the Elementor Templates tab in the MotoPress settings. Because of this, I’m unable to select or assign them there. The templates do exist in Elementor → Templates → Theme Builder, but they don’t appear in the list inside MotoPress. Could this be related to WPML or to the way Elementor Theme Builder templates are registered? Thanks in advance for taking a look at this.
April 14, 2026 at 10:34 am #17968128
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi, I do not think that the MotoPress plugin has anything to do with Elementor Templates. Would you please check WordPress Dashboard > WPML > Translation Dashboard and at the top of the list make sure all the content shows. There, you might be able to find the Footer template. The only way to translate the items from theme builder is actually the translation dashboard. Would you please make sure you also provide the debug information: https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/ Also I will be happy to check if I can find the template for you in the translation dashboard. I'd appreciate it if you could give me the URL/User/Pass of your WordPress dashboard after you make sure that you have a backup of your website. It is absolutely important that you give us a guarantee that you have a backup so if something happens you will have a point of restore. Make sure you set the next reply as private. Thanks.
April 14, 2026 at 2:28 pm #17969000
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi, Thank you for giving the login information. I am not sure what was up with the footer. I spent a lot of time and at the end I just duplicated the footer and created another one called Main Footer and it worked., Thanks.
April 14, 2026 at 8:19 pm #17969917
thiboD	Hi, Thank you very much for your help — duplicating the footer and creating the new “Main Footer” worked perfectly 👍 However, I noticed that the English version of the footer is currently not translated yet. Could you please let me know what the correct way is to translate the footer for the English version? Should this be done via WPML translation of the template, or does the footer need to be duplicated again and assigned per language? Thanks again for your support! Kind regards, Thibo
April 15, 2026 at 11:13 am #17970998
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi Thibo, I checked and the English version seems to be translated. Please check the attached screenshot. But I wanted to double check in the dashboard but the login information is not working anymore.